Synopses & Reviews
Empire on the Restoration Stage analyzes Restoration and early-eighteenth-century drama in terms of empire. The book provides a comprehensive account of colonialism, national identity and the representation of race and ethnicity on stage. Joining current historical discussions of the development of British imperial ideology, Bridget Orr argues that dramatic texts and production provide a rich and unexamined archive in which the issues attendant on the emergence of the first empire figure largely.
Synopsis
Empire on the English Stage 1660 1714 analyzes Restoration and early eighteenth-century drama in terms of empire. The book provides a comprehensive account of colonialism, national identity and the representation of race and ethnicity on stage. Joining historical discussions of the development of British imperial ideology, Bridget Orr argues that dramatic texts and production provide a rich and unexamined archive in which the issues attendant on the emergence of the first empire figure largely.
Synopsis
Analyzes Restoration and early eighteenth-century drama in terms of empire.
About the Author
Bridget Orr is Assistant Professor at the Department of English, Fordham University.
Table of Contents
List of illustrations; Acknowledgements; 1. New habits on the stage; 2. Enlarging the poetâs empire: poetics, politics and heroic plays, 1660 1714; 3. The great Turks: the Ottomans on stage, 1660 1714; 4. The most famous monarchs of the East; 5. Spainâs grand project of a universal empire; 6. Brave new worlds: Utopian plays of the Restoration; 7. The customs of the country: colonialism and comedy; 8. Romans and Britons; Conclusion; Notes; Works cited; Index.